macOS Monterey Preview page teasing 16" M-Series?

[Mr. Awesome]

On the Monterey web page, I found this image:

In this image, you can clearly tell that this is a 16" MacBook Pro, due to the bezels. However, it says Portrait Mode is active on the camera, which is an M1-only feature. Is this a simple mistake, or are they teasing a new design for a 13/14" Pro or an M1 16"?

 

[cmaier]

On the Monterey web page, I found this image:

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In this image, you can clearly tell that this is a 16" MacBook Pro, due to the bezels. However, it says Portrait Mode is active on the camera, which is an M1-only feature. Is this a simple mistake, or are they teasing a new design for a 13/14" Pro or an M1 16"?

Since it’s obviously just someone using a graphics template to stick bezels around the image, it is pretty meaningless.

 

[Maconplasma]

It's a studio pic. They can photoshop it any way necessary. You're over-speculating OP. Not sure why it really matters anyway. It's not like it's a secret that an Apple Silicon MacBook Pro is on the way.

 

[Mr. Awesome]

Since it’s obviously just someone using a graphics template to stick bezels around the image, it is pretty meaningless.

That's what I was thinking too, but I've never seen a mess-up like this before, so I wondered if it was a purposeful leak or even an accidental one (E.G. sometime down the line, after a 16" M1X was released, the original image was supposed to be replaced with this.)

It's a studio pic. They can photoshop it any way necessary. You're over-speculating OP. Not sure why it really matters anyway. It's not like it's a secret that an Apple Silicon MacBook Pro is on the way.

True, I just thought I'd point it out because it interested me.

I probably am reading too far into this, but it interested me enough that I thought I'd post about in case it intrigued anyone else. 🙂

 

[chabig]

Besides the Photoshop angle, those bezels look exactly the same as 13" M1 MacBook Pro. This is a terrible photo, but here you go...

 

[Mr. Awesome]

Besides the Photoshop angle, those bezels look exactly the same as 13" M1 MacBook Pro. This is a terrible photo, but here you go...

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I thought that the screen looked to be further into the curve of the corner, but now that I look again, maybe I was wrong all along. 🤣

 

[Maconplasma]

That's what I was thinking too, but I've never seen a mess-up like this before, so I wondered if it was a purposeful leak or even an accidental one (E.G. sometime down the line, after a 16" M1X was released, the original image was supposed to be replaced with this.)


True, I just thought I'd point it out because it interested me.

I probably am reading too far into this, but it interested me enough that I thought I'd post about in case it intrigued anyone else. 🙂

I will say you're not alone on speculating on Apple's pics. Apple has been known in the past (not often) to post studio-made screenshots of Macs showing specific icons in MacOS that never made it to the finally-released version. It's possible their artist does this to keep up the hype. 😁

 

[zehcnassurfero]

Besides the Photoshop angle, those bezels look exactly the same as 13" M1 MacBook Pro. This is a terrible photo, but here you go...

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It’s not just the same, on the side there are thinner bezels and on the top to.

 

[zehcnassurfero]

I thought that the screen looked to be further into the curve of the corner, but now that I look again, maybe I was wrong all along.

Maybe its marketing, maybe its a preview on an Intel MBP 16” although it has M1 features. Who knows!! But we can especulate about it

 

[deeddawg]

On the Monterey web page, I found this image:



In this image, you can clearly tell that this is a 16" MacBook Pro, due to the bezels. However, it says Portrait Mode is active on the camera, which is an M1-only feature. Is this a simple mistake, or are they teasing a new design for a 13/14" Pro or an M1 16"?

How so?

Image looks just like the upper-right bezel on my 13.3" M1 MBP.

What about it suggests a 16"?

 

[dmccloud]

How so?

Image looks just like the upper-right bezel on my 13.3" M1 MBP.

What about it suggests a 16"?

The biggest giveaway that it's not a current 13" is the placement of actual screen in relation to the bezel. If you look closely at the photo posted by the OP, the top of the usable screen is roughly level with the start of the curve on the chassis itself. On my 13" M1 Pro, that top edge of the actual screen is roughly 1/4" below the start of that curve. While there's nothing that points to that being a 16" model, I think that may be the case. The corner radius is larger than on my 13" MBP, even though there seems to be the same amount of space between the top of the screen and the top edge of the chassis.

 

[dmccloud]

Pic 1: Top Corner of the Screen from the OP post.

Pic 2: Top corner of my 13" M1 MBP.

 

[deeddawg]

The biggest giveaway that it's not a current 13" is the placement of actual screen in relation to the bezel. If you look closely at the photo posted by the OP, the top of the usable screen is roughly level with the start of the curve on the chassis itself. On my 13" M1 Pro, that top edge of the actual screen is roughly 1/4" below the start of that curve. While there's nothing that points to that being a 16" model, I think that may be the case. The corner radius is larger than on my 13" MBP, even though there seems to be the same amount of space between the top of the screen and the top edge of the chassis.

Cool.

Not to be a buzzkill but I'd lean towards the marketing dept simply pasting screen images onto a rendered background/template.

Note the Big Sur control center shows something pretty similar in the User Guide

 

[Homy]

This is more believable:

M1X MacBook Pro referenced in metadata for Apple's WWDC YouTube video - 9to5Mac

There were many rumors about a new MacBook Pro coming at WWDC, but it (sadly) didn’t happen. However, metadata attached...

9to5mac.com